Australia pleads for mercy for drug traffickers to be executed in Indonesia

February 24, 2015 9:46 PM

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister on Wednesday appealed to Indonesia's president to show mercy for two Australian drug traffickers due to executed in Indonesia, expressing disappointment that their latest legal appeal had been rejected.

Relations between Indonesia and Australia have sunk to a new low as Indonesia prepares to execute 11 convicts on death row, most on drugs charges, including the two Australians.